{"id":73514,"date":"2017-10-12T08:46:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T06:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=73514"},"modified":"2017-10-15T08:13:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T06:13:13","slug":"journey-premature-baby-640-grams-healthy-eight-kilograms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/10\/12\/journey-premature-baby-640-grams-healthy-eight-kilograms\/","title":{"rendered":"The journey of a premature baby &#8211; from 640 grams to a healthy eight kilograms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today she is weighing a healthy eight kilograms and is a busy one-year-old!<\/p>\n<p>Nosbusiso and her mother, Aletta Magagula, visited the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehealthcare.co.za\/Hospitals\/DisplayHospital.aspx?nHospitalId=35\" target=\"_blank\">Life Midmed Hospital<\/a> to celebrate Nosbusiso&#8217;s first birthday with them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73596\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/17kk13-5-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/17kk13-5-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/17kk13-5-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She was born prematurely on 29 September 2016 after a 28-week pregnancy and weighed only 640 grams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medpages.info\/sf\/index.php?page=person&amp;personcode=262975\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Riekert Swart (Paediatrician)<\/a> admitted her to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where he looked after her with the help of the staff for the next two months of her life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73520\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/17kk13-4-Copy-landscape-520x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/17kk13-4-Copy-landscape-520x373.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/17kk13-4-Copy-landscape-111x80.jpg 111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nosbusiso was discharged from hospital on 18 December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>According to her mother, Nosbusiso developed like any other baby of her age and is a healthy busybody.<\/p>\n<p>During their visit, the friendly baby wore a top with the words:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-solid\"><p>&#8220;Princess, Nosbusiso, birth weight: 640 grams.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly a year ago, weighing just 640 grams, Nosbusiso was fighting for her 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